Martinique spectacled tegu

Martinique spectacled tegu
Martinique spectacled tegu in Martinique
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:Gymnophthalmus
Species: G. pleei
Binomial name
Gymnophthalmus pleei
Bocourt, 1881
Subspecies
  • G. p. pleei
  • G. p. luetkeni
  • G. p. nesydrion
Synonyms
  • Gymnophthalmus pleii

The Martinique spectacled tegu or rough-scaled worm lizard (Gymnophthalmus pleei ) is a species of microteiid lizard found in the Caribbean, on the Lesser Antilles islands of Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, and Maria I.

The nominate subspecies, G. p. pleei, is endemic to Martinique, and G. p. luetkeni and G. p. nesydrion are restricted to Saint Lucia. The populations on Guadeloupe and Dominica have not yet been assigned to subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, pleei or pleii, is in honor of French botanist Auguste Plée.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Daltry, J.C., Powell, R. & Dewynter, M. 2017. Gymnophthalmus pleii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178396A71745871. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/178396/0 Downloaded on 20 September 2017
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gymnophthalmus pleei, p. 208).

Further reading

  • Boulenger, George A. (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Gymnophthalmus pleii, p. 429).
  • Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. London: Macmillan Education Ltd. pp. 33–34, 84, 91, 93. ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
  • Schwartz, Albert; Henderson, Robert W. (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. ISBN 0-8130-1049-7.
  • Schwartz, Albert; Thomas, Richard (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh: Trustees of Carnegie Institute. 216 pp. (Gymnophthalmus pleei, p. 123).


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